Tom's Story

Tom's Story is an indie instrumental rock trio based in Manila, Philippines. The band is composed of original members: Tom Naval on bass, Gabba Santiago on guitars, and Christer "Degs" de Guia on drums.

Tom's Story
OriginManila, Philippines
Genres
Years active2010–present
LabelsA Spur of the Moment Project, Continent Records
Associated acts
  • Fools and Foes
  • Run Dorothy
  • tide/edit
Websitetomsstory.ph
MembersGabba Santiago
Christer de Guia
Past membersTom Naval

The band independently released its self-titled album in 2016, and is currently managed by A Spur of the Moment Project, an independent record label.

History

The band started in 2010 during their senior years in high school (and at that time, the trio were friends since 2007), due to their musical influences such as Taking Back Sunday and Circa Survive. Although they were never played until in 2011, the trio started their first gig by playing Taking Back Sunday covers at a bar in Parañaque City. Originally intended to be punk rock, the band switched to post-rock and math rock but keeping their instrumental rock genre as the main focus.[1][2]

In 2015, they played their first overseas gig in San Francisco, California.

In 2016, their self-titled debut album was independently-released, with "Anchors" as their first original single, followed by two-part sequels "Dream" and "Catcher".[3] On March 4, 2017, the band performed at Wanderland Music and Arts Festival in Filinvest Alabang.[2]

In January 2019, Naval announced his departure from Tom's Story. Santiago and De Guia, as well as their record label, released their own statement on the former member's exit with an added statement involving a serious incident.[4][5]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Tom's Story (2016)

Singles
Year Song Album
2016 "Anchors" Tom's Story
"Dream"
"Catcher"
2017 "VL Raza"
gollark: It's some kind of ancient analog video system, it's been obsoleted several times over.
gollark: What are you even copying *from* onto VHS?
gollark: VHS? Isn't that... quite old?
gollark: Never mind, I used the "search" function and styro said it would be revisited "later on" back in February.
gollark: I think the flashlight thing was impractical somehow?

References
  1. "TOM'S STORY". A Spur of the Moment Project. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  2. Lamorena, Vinz (February 5, 2017). "The story behind Tom's story". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  3. Dosmanos, Jackie (February 15, 2016). "Music review: Tom's Story, Foo Fighters, Suede". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  4. "Tom Naval announces departure from Tom's Story". Bandwagon.asia. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  5. "Bassist Tom Naval leaves Tom's Story, cites 'personal reasons'". ABS-CBN News. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
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